North Korea says it has test-fired strategic cruise missiles to demonstrate its nuclear counter-attack capability.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised a test-launch of strategic cruise missiles and ordered full readiness to use nuclear attack capability, which would ensure the most effective defence for the country,

The number of babies born in South Korea has rebounded for the first time in nine years, welcome news for a country grappling with one of the the world’s most serious demographic crises

South Korea’s fertility rate rose in 2024 for the first time in nine years, supported by an increase in marriages, preliminary data showed on Wednesday, in a sign that the country’s demographic crisis might have turned a corner.

South Korea's record-low birth rate rose in 2024, the country's statistics agency reported on Wednesday, marking the first increase in nine years in a slight respite from a looming demographic crisis.

The fresh deployment comes after North Korea suffered heavy casualties on the front lines in Russia’s war against Ukraine, the South’s spy agency says.

South Korea’s spy agency says North Korea appears to have sent additional troops to Russia, after its soldiers deployed on the Russian-Ukraine fronts suffered heavy casualties.

North Korean hackers were behind the theft of $1.5 billion of virtual assets last week from Dubai-based cryptocurrency exchange Bybit, the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation said, marking the biggest heist in history.

Assets were stolen from Dubai-based cryptocurrency exchange Bybit earlier this month, in what's believed to be the largest-ever digital heist.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation said on Wednesday that North Korea was responsible for the theft of approximately $1.5 billion in virtual assets from cryptocurrency exchange ByBit. The agency said it refers to this specific North Korean malicious cyber activity as "TraderTraitor.